Thursday, June 26, 2008

Bowling lanes

A bowling lane is 60 feet from the foul line to the (1) head pin. This is 720 inches long.

If you walk at an average speed of 3 mph, you can walk this length in just under 14 seconds.

Monday, June 23, 2008

Incredible speeds

The Space Shuttle can go near speeds of 17,000 mph. This is 283.3 times faster than a car traveling at 60 mph.

Tree high

Some trees like the redwood can be as tall as 400 feet or more. This is 4,800 inches.

Even if you are six feet tall, the tree would be 66.6 times taller than you are.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Jet engine speed

If you are flying on an aircraft traveling at 500 mph, to travel 2,000 miles the aircraft would need just four hours.

A car traveling at 60 mph would need 33.3 hours.

If you walk at an average speed of 3 mph, you would need 666.6 hours.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Math - trivia 9

1) If you drive at 50 mph, how many feet did you drive after one hour?

a) 264,000
b) 36,000
c) 3,000

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Math - trivia 8

1) If you drive 10 miles each day, how many inches do you drive each day?

a) 52,800
b) 63,360
c) 633,600

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Meals eaten

If you have three meals a day; breakfast, lunch, and dinner, each year you have 1,095 meals. This is 10,950 meals every 10 years. If each meal is 250 calories, you had 2,737,500 calories after 10 years.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

All in the Family - trivia 18

1) In the episode "The Battle of the Month", who has a birthday?

a) Mike
b) Gloria
c) Archie

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Diff'rent Strokes - trivia 8

1) In the episode "Willis' Privacy", what does Willis do to get some privacy from Arnold?

a) sleep in another room
b) sleep downstairs
c) divide their bedroom in half

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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Looney Tunes - trivia 40

1) In the short "Porky Chops", what prevents Porky Pig from chopping down the tree?

a) no tools
b) a squirrel

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Looney Tunes - trivia 39

1) In the short "The Scarlet Pumpernickel", who is the Scarlet Pumpernickel?

a) Daffy Duck
b) Sylvester
c) Porky Pig

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Looney Tunes - trivia 38

1) In the short "The Ducksters", how much money does Porky Pig win on the game show?

a) $32 million and $0.03
b) $25 million and $0.03
c) $26 million and $0.03

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Looney Tunes - trivia 37

1) In the short "Drip-Along Daffy", who gets Nasty Canasta with a toy soldier?

a) Daffy Duck
b) Porky Pig

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Monday, June 2, 2008

Looney Tunes - trivia 36

1) In the short "Dough for the Do-Do", where does Porky Pig go to find the do-do bird?

a) Wackyland
b) Crazyland

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Looney Tunes - trivia 35

1) In the short "My Bunny Lies over the Sea", instead of winding up at the La Brea tar pits, where does Bugs Bunny land?

a) Germany
b) Scotland
c) Russia

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Looney Tunes - trivia 34

1) In the short "Water, Water Every Hare", what does the evil scientist wants Bugs Bunny for?

a) his brain
b) a pet
c) protection

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Looney Tunes - trivia 33

1) In the short "Rabbit's Kin", what does Bugs Bunny offer Pete Puma before he gives him lumps on the head?

a) coffee
b) tea

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